A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1574-1597
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
Gokstule, -stuil(l, n. Also: goik stuill. [Var. of Cokstule.] A cuckstool. — 1574 St. A. Kirk S. 399.
Sche … to sitt in the gokstuil during the magistrattis will 1576 Ib. 420.
To sit in the gok stule xxiiij howris 1597 Elgin Rec. II. 52.
To mak thair publict repentans … the man in the joiggis and the woman in the … gokstuill
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Gokstule n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 14 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/gokstule>
